misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Hip-Hop Toddler Hip Hop Kleuter | Flabber Well, he may be a touch older than a toddler, but check out the moves on this tyke! [Flabber via WOW]
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Monkeys Eating JELL-O with Blueberries On this very slow news day, please enjoy these squirrel monkeys diving into a wad of JELL-O, " a jiggly concoction that immediately stimulates their foraging instincts,” notes Laughing Squid. Enjoy.
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Big Cat Christmas! Courtesy of Big Cat Rescue comes this adorable holiday video featuring tigers, lions, and a baby leopard chewing open some Xmas gifts! Let's just try to enjoy these lovely animals and put that
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Prisencolinensinainciusol" See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today's Big Thing. Julie Klausner and the fine folks at Boing Boing bring our attention to this gem: "Prisencolinensinainciusol," a 1972 song written by Italian
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Wright Stuff Laughing Squid brings our attention to Wright Brothers Day, which honors the first flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903. To prepare yourself for the roaring Wright Brothers Day festivities
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Christmas Light Hero This video's already gotten around the past couple of days, but just in case you missed it: It's a kid, playing "Guitar Hero," but the screen is made of Christmas lights. Is this
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Three Muppets Do "Carol of the Bells" The Muppets have been up to all kinds of new web stuff lately -- like this revived "Bohemian Rhapsody" that we shared a few weeks back -- and now we have this delightful
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The FarmVille Theme, by Oakland Composer Steve Kirk FarmVille, for those unaware, is one of those time-sucking Facebook apps that drive us, personally, insane. But hey, we all need a little distraction sometimes, and it turns out the theme song to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Drag <em>Golden Girls</em> It's becoming a holiday (and June) tradition for a quartet of San Francisco's finest drag talents to tackle, on the live stage, word-for-word, a selection of old episodes of The Golden Girls --
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Can We Still Be Friends?" We can't get it out of our heads now that we mentioned it in conjunction with the Todd Rundgren show tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts. It's a good song, and it's
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Greatest Cartoon of All Time Tex Avery - The Car Of Tomorrow We bring you what is, arguably, the greatest cartoon ever made (bonus points for sexist humor!) for two reasons: 1) it's a classic, and 2) we
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: An All-Muppet Version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" This one's making the rounds today, as well it should. It's a brand new, all-muppet version of Queen's classic "Bohemian Rhapsody," featuring 70 different Muppets and, our favorite, Animal asking for his mama.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Little Rock from Wolfmother After the 2008 departure of co-founding members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett, Australian hard rock group Wolfmother has reassembled itself and released a new album, Cosmic Egg. They're on tour and hitting the
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kaleidoscopic Kitty YouTube character Gay Carrington is, near as we can tell, a stoner transsexual puppet who occasional chimes in to talk to her fans in Old Hollywood-style English about her moods, pets, and experiences.
misc Weekend Palate Cleanser: Super Mario Galaxy Spec Ad As many gamers are probably aware, the New Super Mario Bros. for Wii gets its world-wide release tomorrow, and Nintendo is having at least one big launch shindig in Manhattan today, according to
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Band in the Back of a U-Haul Van The band in question is called B & Not B, a self-described "nerdy supergroup" from SF with a name inspired by Derrida, or something. Watch as they show up at various Mission locales
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Dinosaur Jr.'s "Over It" With the new album, The Farm, J Mascis and the gang return to mid-nineties form in sound and song writing. They're performing at The Fillmore tonight and we believe there are still some
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kristen Wiig Reading From the Early Poems of Suzanne Somers This was part of the Celebrity Autobiography series. What more do you need to know? [Hat tip: Le Fag site semi-NSFW]
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Upright Citizens Brigade's "Obamacare" Ad We know we're preaching to the converted here (for the most part), and we probably should have caught this semi-gruesome spoof ad by NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade (which once gave birth to Amy
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: It's NaNoWriMo Everyone! Yes, it's that time of year again when aspiring and/or hobbyist writers -- as well as those creative souls who feel their lives slipping away year by year with nothing to show
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The 1986 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship Wait, you need us to explain this to you? No amount of text could do this cardio performance of a lifetime justice. This clip is, in a word, genius. Watch members of the
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A <em>Trauma</em>-tic Halloween Here it is people: the Trauma episode we've been waiting for. On Monday night, the Halloween episode of the SF-based helicopter drama will be airing, and all the drag queens in town who
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: AutoTune the United Nations Please forgive us once again if you're totally over AutoTune masters The Gregory Brothers. We're still not. And we love the little world music moment they add to the United Nations summit of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit NYC-based band The Walkmen will be playing at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday of the Treasure Island Music Fest (see our preview here), and this rather dark song, "On the Water," is
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Thao With the Get Down Stay Down One of the local acts we're most looking forward to seeing at this weekend's Treasure Island Music Festival (one-day and two-day passes still available!) is Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. They're
